Method and apparatus for providing mapping management

Abstract

A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for performing mapping management are disclosed. For example, the method monitors network performance measurements of long term evolution mobility elements, monitors a class type and a bandwidth type of long term evolution interfaces, determines if an impairment state is detected based upon the monitoring network performance measurements and the monitoring the class type and the bandwidth type, determines if the impairment state is due to a class of service and a quality of service mismatch and reconfigures the quality of service if the impairment state is due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 monitoring, by a processor, network performance measurements of long term evolution mobility elements to determine a quality control indicator of each of a plurality of long term evolution interfaces of the long term evolution mobility elements and to determine key performance indicators for the long term evolution mobility elements; 
 monitoring, by the processor, a class type and a bandwidth type of each of the long term evolution interfaces to determine a class of service of each of the long term evolution interfaces; 
 detecting, by the processor, an impairment state based upon the key performance indicators; 
 determining, by the processor, that the impairment state is due to a class of service and a quality of service mismatch when determining a quality control indicator of one of the long term evolution interfaces does not match a required quality of service for the class of service of the one long term evolution interface, wherein the required quality of service for the class of service is determined from a predefined table for mobility signaling traffic that maps the class of service to the required quality of service, wherein the class of service is a function of: a retainability measure, and an availability measure of a network; and 
 reconfiguring, by the processor, the quality of service of the one long term evolution interface when the impairment state is due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a trouble ticket when the impairment state is not due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining if the reconfiguring resolved the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 creating a trouble ticket when the reconfiguring did not resolve the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 continuing to monitor the network performance measurements and to monitor the class types and the bandwidth types of the long term evolution interfaces when the reconfiguring did resolve the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the quality control indicators is a function of a packet delay measurement and a packet error loss rate measurement. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein each class of service is further a function of at least one of: an integrity measure, and a utilization measure. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the quality control indicator comprises a quality of service class identifier. 
     
     
       9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 monitoring network performance measurements of long term evolution mobility elements to determine a quality control indicator of each of a plurality of long term evolution interfaces of the long term evolution mobility elements and to determine key performance indicators for the long term evolution mobility elements; 
 monitoring a class type and a bandwidth type of each of the long term evolution interfaces to determine a class of service of each of the long term evolution interfaces; 
 detecting an impairment state key performance indicators; 
 determining that the impairment state is due to a class of service and a quality of service mismatch when determining a quality control indicator of one of the long term evolution interfaces does not match a required quality of service for the class of service of the one long term evolution interface, wherein the required quality of service for the class of service is determined from a predefined table for mobility signaling traffic that maps the class of service to the required quality of service, wherein the class of service is a function of: a retainability measure, and an availability measure of a network; and 
 reconfiguring the quality of service of the one long term evolution interface when the impairment state is due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
     
     
       10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 creating a trouble ticket when the impairment state is not due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
     
     
       11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining if the reconfiguring resolved the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 creating a trouble ticket when the reconfiguring did not resolve the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 continuing to monitor the network performance measurements and to monitor the class types and the bandwidth types of the long term evolution interfaces when the reconfiguring did resolve the impairment state. 
 
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein each of the quality control indicators is a function of a packet delay measurement and a packet error loss rate measurement. 
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein each class of service is further a function of at least one of: an integrity measure, and a utilization measure. 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the quality control indicator comprises a quality of service class identifier. 
     
     
       17. An apparatus, comprising:
 a processor; and 
 a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 monitoring network performance measurements of long term evolution mobility elements to determine a quality control indicator of each of a plurality of long term evolution interfaces of the long term evolution mobility elements and to determine key performance indicators for the long term evolution mobility elements; 
 monitoring a class type and a bandwidth type of each of the long term evolution interfaces to determine a class of service of each of the long term evolution interfaces; 
 detecting an impairment state based upon the key performance indicators; 
 determining that the impairment state is due to a class of service and a quality of service mismatch when determining a quality control indicator of one of the long term evolution interfaces does not match a required quality of service for the class of service of the one long term evolution interface, wherein the required quality of service for the class of service is determined from a predefined table for mobility signaling traffic that maps the class of service to the required quality of service, wherein the class of service is a function of: a retainability measure, and an availability measure of a network; and 
 reconfiguring the quality of service of the one long term evolution interface when the impairment state is due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
 
     
     
       18. The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 creating a trouble ticket when the impairment state is not due to the class of service and the quality of service mismatch. 
 
     
     
       19. The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the quality control indicator comprises a quality of service class identifier.